TONO

TONO is a non-profit cooperative association, founded in 1928, owned and governed by its members: composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers. TONO manages performance rights for musical works in Norway and collects fees for their public performance. TONO currently represents 34,000 Norwegian composers, lyricists and music publishers. Through reciprocal representation agreements with similar societies in other countries, TONO manages the rights of approximately 3 million rights holders in the Norwegian territory. TONO is a non-profit association, and all revenues are passed on to members for the performance of their works.Thus, TONO facilitates the use of music in society, while also providing rights holders with the funding they need to create new music.